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Re: [OM] 16 hours of driving for 2 minutes of twilight???? Nathan

Subject: Re: [OM] 16 hours of driving for 2 minutes of twilight???? Nathan
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:37:10 -0400
  I remember that. When I was  about 12 years old my Dad was doing a
Fellowship at Columbia University. The family spent a month with him in a
"borrowed" condo in Queens. The bedroom I used there had the whole series
of Tintin books and I read them all. That is the only one whose story stuck
with me because of the eclipse.

Charlie

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Must have been visible from Belgium - you know the place where I was
> living then, so not that far from Beerland:-)
>
> Ever hear of Hergé, the Belgium cartoonist?
> Read Tintin et le Temple du soleil; I still feel a kid when I flip through
> the pages now, and the eclipse was SUCH a thing ….
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_the_Sun <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_the_Sun>
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> Amities
> Philippe, in roof mender and tiler mode these days
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> > Le 23 août 2017 à 20:28, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >
> > I saw that one (1999) during a trip to Israel. I have no idea whether it
> was visible in Belgium (where I was living at the time). It was OK but not
> something I would drive 16 hours to see. To each his own, I guess.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> > YNWA
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> >> On 23 Aug 2017, at 20:04, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well put Ian.
> >>
> >> My feeling too after viewing the August 11th, 1999 with a former
> girlfriend who turned 40 on that day, and one of my nieces who turned 20 on
> the very same day.
> >> Excellent memories, wonderful vibes, no photo, just sheer enjoyment :-)
> >>
> >> Amities
> >>
> >> Philippe
> >>
> >>> Le 23 août 2017 à 17:16, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> >>>
> >>> I saw the 1999 eclipse in Hungary during a motorcycle trip from the
> UK, we were lucky and sky was clear, I would personally say though that you
> don't really see a full eclipse you experience it.
> >>>
> >>> On 23/08/17 15:54, Ralf Loi wrote:
> >>>> <<
> >>>> One long evening and one long day of driving found me pulled off on a
> >>>> parking area on I25 south of Douglas, Wy, at 8:30 PM Sunday evening.
> >>>> I was totally exhausted and spent the night sleeping in the car.
> >>>> ...
> >>>> Totality is orders of magnitude above 90%.  I don't have the words
> >>>> to express it.  The drive was worth it many times over.
> >>>> Totality Dean
> >>>> I totally agree.
> >>>> I have seen the 1999 eclipse in Romania. I started on Monday from
> Milan
> >>>> and went to Munich as it was on the totality path. I wake up on
> Tuesday
> >>>
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